Smart Showcase for Google Reviews
by ZealousWeb · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 18 other plugins · 6.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Smart Showcase for Google Reviews is a WordPress plugin that lets businesses display Google customer reviews on their websites easily.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈140 estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “google business reviews” for “delicious”. “google business reviews” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “delicious” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 2.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 62 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
40
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| smart showcase | #1 | #15 | 0 |
| delicious | #22 | #24 | 0 |
| google business reviews your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google reviews your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reviews your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
24 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 22 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “google business reviews” for “delicious”. “google business reviews” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “delicious” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 23 Jan 2025 · 648 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 234 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.0.8 · 1 Sep 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 39% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Jan 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ryujigtr12mo ago
To removes bad reviews <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { setTimeout(function(){}, 1000); var reviews = document.querySelectorAll('.grw-review'); reviews.forEach(function(review) { var stars = review.querySelectorAll('.wp-stars use[href="#grw-star"]').length; if (stars < 5) { review.style.display = 'none'; } }); });</script>
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Smart Showcase for Google Reviews is a WordPress plugin that lets businesses display Google customer review..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Divi, Contact Form 7 and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,283 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "google business reviews", "google rating" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-13 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-06-09 100+ → 90+ down after 53 days in tier
- 2026-04-17 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 100+ → 90+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-09 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 100+ → 90+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-03-27 90+ → 100+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 80+ → 90+ up after 20 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Rich Showcase for Google Reviews 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Reviews Widgets for Google, TripAdvisor, Yelp & Recommendations 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widgets for Booking.com Reviews 9K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Embedder for Google Reviews 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Smart Showcase for Google Reviews into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/smart-showcase-for-google-reviews" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Smart Showcase for Google Reviews — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Smart Showcase for Google Reviews: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/smart-showcase-for-google-reviews
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